THE WEATHER.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1319, 19 August 1886, Page 3

THE WEATHER.

A t«.6i m received from lasl night *.'-•« .—-i.- test news rf»»«r‘i nr «he s* ve ■ i the T«- ■*il is to the effect tbit th 6 fleud •» sn.l ». m- five feet beluw tu»L of •uvea y-*rs hut the river is silt rtstiij. The ■thahilaoti of Outturn ai6 IrT 4' .an*, cnn-t leat thp whole should be swop. away. Water ■f¥ p»Ajn*ting hrough the embankments »y the Board of Conservators, and If go the sudden rush of water may sweep the' houses before it. Taieri fanners ly have removed their v high ..round. Rumors were preta«®a.. that Sc ciiffe Asylum wts ’i danger ahpi, but so fat rs it known these ®rb’wi'noot foundation. In Palmerston |rd W%lh«m<> County the loss of stock has .Wiif cottiiih able. Muir Bros, lost 200, a,.. .> V'-l'dtibt'eratad sheep ; and - Bober tof Babbj Park,-1600. An' attempt made*.o open railway community. -fa wifh the South to-morrow if th • c 's ant subsidence of water i- the If. -fi t Jlj i« of life ts so far recorded, a • - the r have been numbers of tuu/oa Mcsf Ch-'-istchuhoh. August 19.

To.- r?’D.oe»»e4 at 11 o’o'ook i»« night. 3»ie w slither is now clearing. No imJ. - .-. d*m a ha, been done by the oJd except o. the Little River railway, j-, ;ifi of w icb was washed away. It fV; ,k« a week to repair. There was no fc ' of the Wauaka at 1 p.m. Oamard, August 19. ■ It •'« Still raining with no ilgn of ■U pping. Bnlaay conimnnloation with the apt h ife suspended. The rooming lia’n w s nibble to reach the Waikiki rjlvi' c» ng to the flooded state of the :!n*. O. tht South line there is no com-m>..-ifcui.n much beyond Hampden th a n it is nofei the slip* will be relaoy. »■ -'day. The Railway Bridge over tba Jlaerea senna liver a* Duntro n on£ -»WH been p» ily carried away, * step:i ~s communication on that line. It ia lhat the bridge may collapse eßogfciher and in any case repair* will entiil ~e *vy expense, end traffic be euafor some time. On the Ngapa * brmcH line, communication la still open bat in places water la up to the raihk lh- a t last night which was the heaviest k-iown here for many years, caused a breach In the breakwater* Two blocks fo.ir ng the top of the foundation were driven in, but the mcnolith remains in ycfition. The damage is not of a serious; ram e, and as the tea is moderating U u .ioped no further injury will be oceMirnsd, , * ■